Dave Hogan/Getty ImagesSalman Rushdie and, left to right, former wife Elizabeth West, son Milan Rushdie, and son Zafar Rushdie. LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE By Salman Rushdie. Random House, 218 pp., $25. …

BLOOD AND FIRE By Nick Brownlee. Minotaur, 416 pp., $25.99. Reviewed by P.G. Koch In Blood and Fire, British journalist Nick Brownlee continues his promising series set in Kenya, featuring the loosely …

COMPASS ROSE By John Casey. Alfred A. Knopf, 384 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Jenny Dial The characters in John Casey’s new novel, Compass Rose, live in South County. In this small Rhode Island community, …